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Tray with design of grape leaf, Lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Tray with design of grape leaf
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th century
Tray with design of peony scrolls, Green lacquer with gilt engraving, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Tray with design of peony scrolls
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th century
Rectangular writing box with decoration of clouds and cranes, Red lacquer with engraved gold and litharge painting, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Rectangular writing box with decoration of clouds and cranes
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th century
Food box, Black lacquer with engraved-gold decoration, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Food box
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
18th century
Presentation box with figures in a landscape, Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and red-lacquered basketry panels, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Presentation box with figures in a landscape
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th–18th century
Footed Tray with Figures in a Landscape, Basketry and red lacquer with gold and litharge painting, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Footed Tray with Figures in a Landscape
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
early 17th century
Square tray with flower-and-bird decoration, Raised and polychrome lacquer, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Square tray with flower-and-bird decoration
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
18th century
Dish with decoration of birds and flowers, Lacquer with lacquer, litharge and gold painting, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Dish with decoration of birds and flowers
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th century
Square Tray, Lacquer with lacquer, litharge and gold painting, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Square Tray
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th–18th century
Square tray with floral decoration, Polychrome lacquer painting; brass fittings, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Square tray with floral decoration
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
18th century
Table with Decoration of a Landscape, Red lacquer with gold painting and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Table with Decoration of a Landscape
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
19th century
Food stand with decoration of figures in a landscape, Lacquer with gold and litharge painting, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Food stand with decoration of figures in a landscape
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
18th–19th century
Stationery Box with Decoration of Grapes and Squirrels, Black lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl and painted with gold, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Stationery Box with Decoration of Grapes and Squirrels
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th century
Octagonal incense box, Red lacquer with raised-gold and litharge painting and engraved-gold decoration, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Octagonal incense box
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th century
Box with Grapevines, a Squirrel, and a Garden Scene, Lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan, Ryūkyū Islands
Box with Grapevines, a Squirrel, and a Garden Scene
Japan, Ryūkyū Islands
17th century
Stationery box with decoration of grapes and squirrels, Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and gold painting, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Stationery box with decoration of grapes and squirrels
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th century
Cabinet with Design of Butterflies, Red lacquer with painted decoration, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Cabinet with Design of Butterflies
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
18th century
Seal Box with Hunters on Horseback, Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and gold painting, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Seal Box with Hunters on Horseback
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th–18th century
Round Box with Chinese-Style Landscape, Black lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl; wire, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Round Box with Chinese-Style Landscape
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
early 18th century
Tray with Pair of Dragons, Black lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Tray with Pair of Dragons
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
18th century
Bingata Panel with Hō-ō Birds and Flowers, Cotton, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Bingata Panel with Hō-ō Birds and Flowers
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
18th century
Bingata Panel with Tree Peonies, Teruyo Shinohara and her pupils Japanese, Cotton tabby, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Bingata Panel with Tree Peonies
Teruyo Shinohara
20th century
Bingata Panel with Tree Peonies, Teruyo Shinohara and her pupils Japanese, Cotton tabby, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Bingata Panel with Tree Peonies
Teruyo Shinohara
20th century
Bingata Panel with Tree Peonies and Peacocks, Teruyo Shinohara and her pupils Japanese, Cotton tabby, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Bingata Panel with Tree Peonies and Peacocks
Teruyo Shinohara
20th century
Bingata Panel with Chrysanthemums and Snow Circles, Teruyo Shinohara and her pupils Japanese, Cotton tabby, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Bingata Panel with Chrysanthemums and Snow Circles
Teruyo Shinohara
20th century
Round tray with decoration of dragons and clouds, Mother-of-pearl inlay on black lacquer, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Round tray with decoration of dragons and clouds
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th–18th century
Set of hexagonal stacked boxes, Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Set of hexagonal stacked boxes
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
18th century
Child's Robe, Banana fiber (basho), cotton, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Child's Robe
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
19th century
Robe, Resist-dyed and painted (bingata) silk crepe, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Robe
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
19th century
Piece, Ramie or stem fiber, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Piece
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
18th century
Writing box with decoration of grapes and squirrels, Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and gold painting, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
Writing box with decoration of grapes and squirrels
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th century
Round incense box with dragon decoration
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)
17th century
Octagonal food box with Chinese immortals and floral design, Lacquered wood; mother-of-pearl inlay, gold leaf application on black ground and gilded metal net inserts, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands, now Okinawa Prefecture)
Octagonal food box with Chinese immortals and floral design
Japan (Ryūkyū Islands, now Okinawa Prefecture)
18th century
'Otua fefine (deity figure), Ha'apai Islands artist, Whale ivory, Ha'apai Islands
'Otua fefine (deity figure)
Ha'apai Islands artist
Early 19th century
Lelbutir (men’s earrings), Tanimbar Islands artist, Gold, Tanimbar Islands
Lelbutir (men’s earrings)
Tanimbar Islands artist
19th century
Kora ulu (canoe prow board), Tanimbar Islands artist, Wood, Tanimbar Islands
Kora ulu (canoe prow board)
Tanimbar Islands artist
late 19th–early 20th century
Comb, Kaniet Islands artist, Wood, Kaniet Islands
Comb
Kaniet Islands artist
19th century
Luli dera (ancestor figure), Leti Islands artist, Wood, Leti Islands
Luli dera (ancestor figure)
Leti Islands artist
19th–early 20th century
Dala (Pendant or Head Ornament), Solomon Islands artist, Tridacna shell, turtle shell, fiber, glass bead, Solomon Islands
Dala (Pendant or Head Ornament)
Solomon Islands artist
late 19th–early 20th century
Luli dera (ancestor figure), Leti Islands artist, Wood, Leti Islands
Luli dera (ancestor figure)
Leti Islands artist
19th–early 20th century
Luli dera (ancestor figure), Leti Islands artist, Wood, Leti Islands
Luli dera (ancestor figure)
Leti Islands artist
19th–early 20th century
Luli dera (ancestor figure), Leti Islands artist, Wood, Leti Islands
Luli dera (ancestor figure)
Leti Islands artist
19th–early 20th century